Contemporary Physician-Authors - Exploring the Insights of Doctors Who Write (Hardcover)

This book examines the phenomenon of physician-authors. Focusing on the books that contemporary doctors write--the stories that they tell--with contributors critically engaging their work. A selection of original chapters from leading scholars in medical and health humanities analyze the literary output of doctors, including Oliver Sacks, Danielle Ofri, Atul Gawande, Louise Aronson, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Abraham Verghese. Discussing issues of moral meaning in the works of contemporary doctor-writers, from memoir to poetry, this collection reflects some of the diversity of medicine today. A key reference for all students and scholars of medical and health humanities, the book will be especially useful for those interested in the relationship between literature and practising medicine.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Advances in the Medical Humanities
Release date:	November 2021
First published:	2022
Editors:	Nathan Carlin
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	260
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-52880-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Medicine > General issues > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	0-367-52880-0
Barcode:	9780367528805

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